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EUR/USD Surrenders Gains, Back to 1.1280 EUR/USD has abandoned the area of daily highs above the 1.1300 handle, slipping back towards the 1.1285/80 band ahead of the opening bell in Euroland. EUR/USD focus on risk trends The pair could not sustain the earlier advance beyond the 1...

EUR/GBP Rises Further to Test 20-DMA, Near 0.7970 The offered tone surrounding the pound keeps growing bigger as we head into the European morning, sending EUR/GBP to fresh session highs in the upper band of 0.79 handle...

Technical Analysis of EUR/USD for April 18, 2016 When the European market opens, some economic news will be released such as the German Buba Monthly Report. The US will release economic data too such as the NAHB Housing Market Index...

Technical Analysis of USD/JPY for April 18, 2016 In Asia, Japan will not release any economic data but the US will release some economic data such as the NAHB Housing Market Index. So there is a probability the USD/JPY will move with low to medium volatility during this day...

USD/CAD Retraces the Gap, Near 1.2950 The Canadian dollar has recovery little ground vs. the greenback on Monday, with USD/CAD now returning to the mid-1.2900s. USD/CAD higher post-Doha The (expected...

NZD/USD: Bearish Gap Closed, Upbeat NZ CPI Supports Having closed the bearish opening gap, the NZD/USD pair is seen struggling to extend further into the green territory, as oil sell-off continues to crush risk appetite. NZD/USD: a dip to 0...

FxWirePro: NZD/USD Closes Bearish Gap After Upbeat CPI Data, Bias Higher NZD/USD has been highly volatile at the start of the week. Hit lows of 0.6843 after bearish gap open (around 40 pips lower). The pair has closed bearish gap after release of the much awaited CPI data, which beat expectations...

SDR Does Not Stand for “Secret Dollar Replacement” - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that at the IMF/World Bank meetings last week, Chinese officials are again pushing for greater use of the IMF's unit of account, Special Drawing Rights (SDR...

FxWirePro: AUD/JPY Holds Cloud Base Support at 82.45, Breaks Below Could See Further Weakness Oil driven-risk-off after failure of Doha talks drives Yen higher across the board. AUD/JPY sees 120-pips bearish gap opening, recovers slightly from fresh four-day lows struck at 82.47 in early trades...

AUD/NZD May Target 0...

Gold Longs to Near All-Time Highs - TDS Research Team at TDS, lists down the CFTC Commitment of Traders Report for the Week Ending April 12th, 2016...

US Industrial Production in March: Bad, Bad and Bad - ING Rob Carnell, Chief International Economist at ING, notes that the US headline industrial production fell 0.6%MoM, manufacturing fell, utilities production fell and mining fell as well. Key Quotes “Following a 0...

NZD/USD Targets 0.7175 During the Month Ahead - Westpac Imre Speizer, Senior Market Strategist at Westpac, notes that the NZD/USD has oscillated around an upward trend since mid-Jan, and targets 0.7175 (Feb 2015 low) during the month ahead...

USD/JPY: Another Attempt Above 108 to Fill in Bearish Gap? The USD/JPY pair is seen struggling to extend the recovery from near 2016 lows since Tokyo open and now attempts another run above 108 handle to close the bearish opening gap...

FxWirePro: USD/JPY Slips Below 108 Handle After Large Bearish Gap down Open Yen was a big gainer on the day, USD/JPY opens with a large bearish gap down of over 0.70%, slips below the 108 handle...

EUR/USD Remains Capped Below 1.1300, Indifferent to Risk-Off A classic risk-off theme dominates Asia, although the EUR/USD pair fails to benefit from increased safe-haven demand and trades muted below 1.13 handle. EUR/USD rejection near 1.1310 Currently, EUR/USD trades almost unchanged at 1...

ASX200 Faces Resistance at 200 Day MA, Break Above Atrgets 5225/5275 Major resistance - 5158 (200 day MA) ASX200 has made a high of 5158 yesterday and slightly declined from that level. It is currently trading at 5148. The index should close above 5158 (200 day MA) for further trend reversal...

Bears Fleeing Fast as Emerging-Market Assets Roar Back to Life (Bloomberg) -- The best rally in emerging-market stocks and bonds in seven years is sending bears back into hibernation...

When Traders will Get to the 'Down and Dirty' Earnings from big tech, industrials and financial firms should all drive trading in the week ahead, but what traders are waiting for first is the fallout from Doha on oil prices...